For those of you who are having GIRLS...

How do you feel about ear piercing your baby?
I had my ears pierced when I was a newborn. And I would like to pierce my daughters ears too.
I know there are alot of parents who would not like to inflict that pain even if it's just for an instant though and I completely respect that!
Just wanted to see different opinions on this!

I'm going to get hers pierced as soon as possible. My mom didn't pierce my ears till I was 12. Then I kept taking them out because I was on my tomboy days. I had to get my ears pierced 4 times in orders for them to stay. I always told my mom she should have done it when I was a baby. I don't want my baby girl to go through the same thing and ask me the same question when she's older lol

I had my daughter's ears pierced when she was 6 months old. I gave her a bottle while it was done, and she did not cry. They never seemed to bother her and we had no problems with healing at all. That being said, we had to take them out several times for x-rays, over the summer when she was 15-18 months old and she would not sit still for me to put them back in. Her holes have for the most part closed up and we have decided to wait until she is old enough to ask to have it done again. This baby is a girl too, and I think we are going to just wait to have it done.

I would not piece a baby's ears for the reason not stated until the 7th page of comments:

it's harder for them to pierce evenly when their ears are so small. Sometimes when they get bigger, their holes are not centered or level. My niece's mom has her ears pierced as a little baby and they look horrible now that she's 9. It's a shame because she is so firmly and loces to wear them.

I would want my daughter to make that choice her herself. Likewise, I will not circumsize my son. However I do think its okay for other parents to make different choices!

Hah. I'm all for body modification. I have 4 tattoos, and have a total of 12 piercings. The thing is that I *wanted* them, except for one set. I had my ears pierced as a baby. Thankfully I would have gotten it done anyway. My body is my body. Piercings and tattoos are permanent. I will not do something permanent without medical reasoning to my child, because it is not my body to do it to.

And since it was asked, I am not for routine infant circumcision. Medical circumcision has its place.

I think earings are cute, but kind of strange on really young babies. I'm not exactly one for vanity though.